Catching up after Corona: camps and youth work are promoted
The federal programme "Catching up after Corona" creates opportunities throughout Germany for children, young people and their families to meet, discover new things together and experience their world after the pandemic. Additional funding is intended to help children and young people cope better with the stresses and strains caused by the Corona pandemic and the considerable restrictions it has placed on their everyday lives. The aim is also to avoid possible negative effects on the development of social and cognitive skills.
Within the framework of the action programme, the Youth Service of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district and its Early Intervention Department have already organised the "Café Kinderwagen" in Frankenberg, parenting courses and parenting cafés in public libraries. The schools and education department has purchased material for social skills training and prevention work and financed team-building measures with external experts. The sports and youth work department also participates in the federal programme: it distributes funds for the implementation of children's and youth camps as well as for extracurricular youth work.
District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst explains: "In order to be able to use the funds made available in the best possible way, we have drawn up a guideline, with the participation of various players in the associational, communal and church youth work in Waldeck-Frankenberg." The funding possibilities are diverse - whether children's and youth camps with overnight stays, day trips without overnight stays or projects for extracurricular children's and youth work; as long as it is an additional, previously non-existent offer, a subsidy can be paid. Up to 15 euros per person and day are possible for camps, up to 750 euros per day for educational programmes and even up to 5,000 euros for projects.
The District Administrator calls on all voluntary and public youth welfare organisations - in the field of youth work -, recognised youth groups - e.g. from churches, associations, federations or youth clubs - and municipalities belonging to the district to apply for funds from the funding programme at the Department of Sport and Youth Work if the requirements are met. Applications can be submitted online. All relevant information as well as requirements and funding amounts can be viewed here by downloading the guidelines. Those who prefer to fill out a paper application can of course also do so and request the application from the Sports and Youth Work Department, e-mail andreas.greif@lkwafkb.de or martina.fresen@lkwafkb.de, telephone 05631 954-461 or 05631 954-458. Further questions about funding opportunities in children's and youth work are also answered under these contact details.